-when life tries to pull us down, we must remain willing to shine

doable to-dos

Hey Friends! I was texting with my sister earlier today and my 40 before 40 list came up. It reminded me that I would like to share it with you ❤

If you don’t have a 40 before 40 list or a 30 before 30 list or a 20 before 50 list… you get the idea… (it definitely depends on how old you are and what age you want to complete your list by) I encourage you to make one. I will be 35 this year, so I have some time to work on mine.

Before I made my list there were SO many times I would say…. I’d love to do that someday! And then I would go on about my crazy day and forget all about it. So, I decided to make a list of ‘those’ things I want to do so I don’t forget them (those of you with small children, well…. with any children at all, may be able to relate to the scatterbrained life of motherhood). Before I made my list I decided that:

I would put both big dreams and achievable goals on my list. Putting achievable goals on your list will encourage you to continue moving forward. It’s always a great motivator to mark things off your list and to visually see your list changing shape.

I decided that I am not going to go crazy trying to achieve every single thing on this list. It’s really just a list of things I would like to do. I don’t feel pressured to accomplish them asap…. for me, that would turn my -mostly just fun- list into a work list. I have enough of those already! And besides, the ones that don’t get marked off will surely be moved to my 50 before 50 list! Ummmmm…… OK. That’s a little further ahead than I am comfortable thinking about right now…. but you see what I mean.

*Just to clarify – I live in a house full of boys…. So when I say’boys’on my list, I’m referring to my hubby (whom I also call Papa Bear) as well as our three children.